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Afghanistan: Suicide Car Bomb Kills Two U.S. Troops

HeadlineAug 03, 2017

In Afghanistan, a suicide car bomber rammed a NATO-led convoy near a major U.S. base in Kandahar Wednesday, in an attack the Pentagon said killed two U.S. soldiers. The violence came as the Pentagon seeks to send another 4,000 U.S. troops to join 8,700 currently in Afghanistan.

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